Lee Bennett Hopkins
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This charming picture book by the team that created City I Love introduces readers to playwriting and performing while sharing a unique and tender story of friendship.
Best friends Kyle and Katie do everything together. When Kyle decides to write a play about a full moon, Katie decides she will write one about a star. But it is always more fun to do things together, so when they decide to combine their two plays to create Full Moon and Star, the...
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Celebrated poet Lee Bennett Hopkins shares a diverse collection of poems that ask (with the help of Newbery medalist Lois Lowry, former US Children's Poet Laureate J. Patrick Lewis, and others), "Who do you want to be?"
Kids can imagine pretending and dressing up in this playful poetry collection, flexing their creative muscles and bucking stereotypes. (Who says that girls can't be knights and boys can't be mermaids?) Fifteen poets write about who...
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Beloved children's poet and anthologizer Lee Bennett Hopkins has produced more than 100 volumes of poetry throughout his illustrious career, but Lullaby and Kisses Sweet is his first collection geared toward babies and toddlers. Featuring 30 original poems by esteemed children's writers like Jane Yolen, Marilyn Singer, and J. Patrick Lewis, the book introduces the youngest readers to loving rhymes in a playful, accessible way.
7) Weather
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
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A collection of poems describing various weather conditions, by such authors as Christina G. Rossetti, Myra Cohn Livingston, and Aileen Fisher.
8) City I love
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Featuring eighteen poems that guide the reader on an international tour--from New York to San Francisco, London to Tokyo, and beyond, this extraordinary urban-themed collection celebrates the beauty, diversity, energy, architecture, and excitement of city life.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
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A crisp wind blows. A voice howls. Masked figures dance by moonlight. And the taste of chocolate is in everyone's mouth. It's Halloween! Lee Bennett Hopkins captures the spirit of everyone's favorite holiday in this sweet and spooky collection of poems for beginning readers.
17) Dino-roars
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
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A collection of more than twenty humorous poems about dinosaurs by such writers as Jane Yolen, Madeleine Comora, and Philip Yates.